JPH04329990A - Motional toy - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a real feeling while giving enjoyment of interesting motion by operating controllably a first motion mechanism for moving eyes and a second motion mechanism for moving a tail with a microcomputer. CONSTITUTION:While a motional toy A is formed to simulate a cat, a first motion mechanism 3 for moving eyes 2, 2 is provided in the head 1, a second motion mechanism 5 for moving a tail 4 provided in the tail 4 and a microcomputer 7 and voice generating section 8 in the trunk 6. The microcomputer 7 inputs contact signals of switches 102, 103, 104 provided on a mounting plate 45 and contact signals generated in the shortcircuit between a movable contact 46 and fixed contacts 47, 48 and 49 as input signals to calculate and controllably process these signals according to a program written on a memory for outputting a predetermined signal. Operating levers 110, 111, 112 corresponding to the switches 102, 103, 104 are provided and the tips of these levers are connected respectively to the head 1, throat 1a and ears 1b of the motional toy A.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a moving toy that performs eye opening/closing movements and tail movements either in conjunction or independently via a computer.

0002

[Prior art and its problems] Recently, there has been a demand for stuffed toys that are made to imitate animals and have a realistic feel. By the way, it is common knowledge that conventional stuffed animals like this do not have moving eyes or tails.
Therefore, there was something lacking in the sense of realism.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and particularly proposes a moving toy that can perform the opening/closing motion of the eyes and the motion of the tail either in conjunction with each other or independently. Its purpose is to.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] As a means for solving the above problems, a moving toy according to the present invention is characterized by having the following requirements. (b) A first movement mechanism that moves the eyes and a second movement mechanism that moves the tail are provided at predetermined positions within the toy that forms an animal form. (B) The above two movement mechanisms are provided in the toy. Operation can be controlled in conjunction or independently by receiving electrical signals from a microcomputer installed inside the device.

[0005]

[Operation] In the above structure, the control processing is performed by a microcomputer, and the operation of the first operating mechanism and the second operating mechanism is controlled in conjunction with each other or independently using electrical signals as a result of the processing. The first operating mechanism operates the eyes, and the second operating mechanism operates the tail, thereby causing the eyes and tail to operate.

By the way, the first operating mechanism and the second operating mechanism can control the movements of the eyes and tail by changing the program of the microcomputer to change the operation control thereof.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral A indicates a moving toy according to the present invention, and the moving toy A is formed to imitate a stuffed cat, and inside the head 1 there are eyes 2, which make the eyes 2 move. A first operating mechanism 3 is provided within the tail 4, a second operating mechanism 5 for operating the tail 4, and a microcomputer 7 and a sound generator 8 are provided within the trunk 6.

The eyes 2, 2 are formed of spherical members, and as shown in FIG.
, 10. The eyes 2, 2 are movably arranged in through holes 12, 12 bored in the support member 11, and the support shafts 13, 13 and 13, 13 protruding from both sides respectively support the support member 11. It is supported by bearing portions 14, 14, . . . provided on the member 11. As a result, when the eyes 2, 2 rotate around the support shafts 13, 13, . . . , it is possible to obtain a state in which the eyelids appear to open and close as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

[0010] Support shafts 13 protruding from both sides of the eyes 2, 2.
, 13 and 13, 13, and a gear 16 connected to a first operating mechanism 3, which will be described later, is attached to a support shaft located inwardly.
, 16 are fixed. Further, a presser member 17 is provided between the gears 16, 16 and is in contact with the support shafts 13, 13, and the base of the presser member 17 is fixed to the center of the surface of the support member 11 with a screw 18. There is. Thereby, the support shafts 13, 13 can be reliably held in the bearing parts 14, 14.

Next, the support member 11 is detachably provided at the front of the casing 19 in which the first operating mechanism 3 is housed. That is, the fitting part 20 provided at the center of the upper part of the support member 11 is fitted into the fitting part 21 provided above the front part of the casing 19, and the center of the lower part of the support member 11 is connected to the above-mentioned part with the screw 22. It may be fixed to the casing 19. This allows the support member 11 to be easily attached to the casing 19.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first operating mechanism 3 is composed of a plurality of gears whose driving source is a motor 24 attached to a support plate 23. That is, the motor 24
One gear 27 of gears 27 and 28 loosely fitted to a support shaft 26 is meshed with the gear 25 fixed to the output shaft of One gear 31 is meshed. Further, the other gear 32 is one of the gears 34 and 35 fixed to the support shaft 33.
The other gear 35 is meshed with a gear 36 fixed to the support shaft 30. Furthermore, a gear 38 fixed to a support shaft 37 and one gear 40 of gears 40 and 41 fixed to a support shaft 39 are meshed with the gear 36, and the other gear 41 is engaged with a support shaft 42. It meshes with a gear 43 that is loosely fitted in the.

The support shaft 42 has a narrow diameter near the tip, and a thick diameter portion is formed continuously therefrom. The gear 43 is loosely fitted into the narrow diameter portion of the support shaft 42, and is always urged by the elastic member 44 against the end face of the thick diameter portion. Thereby, the gear 43 is formed to idle relative to the support shaft 42 when an overload of a predetermined value or more is applied to the rotation of the gear 43. In addition, the support shaft 42
The base end of the movable contact 4 protrudes from the surface of the mounting plate 45 arranged in parallel at a predetermined interval on the support plate 23.
6 is installed. As shown in FIG. 5, the movable contact 46 rotates with the rotation of the support shaft 42, and the three sets of fixed contacts 47, 47 and 48, 48 provided on the mounting plate 45
and 49, 49 are formed so as to be short-circuited or opened, respectively.

[0014] Furthermore, the three sets of fixed contacts 47, 47, 4
Reference numerals 8, 48, 49, and 49 are provided to teach the microcomputer 7, which will be described later, the opening and closing positions of the eyes 2, 2, and when the eyes 2, 2 are fully open, the movable contacts 46 is short-circuiting the fixed contacts 47, 47, and when the eyes 2, 2 are half open, the movable contact 46 is short-circuiting the fixed contacts 48, 48, and the eyes 2,
2 is fully open, the movable contact 46 is the fixed contact 49,
49 is shorted.

As shown in FIG. 3, gears 51, 51 are loosely fitted to the support shaft 37 of the first operating mechanism 3, and the gears 51, 51 are connected to a disk 52 fixed to the support shaft 37. is constantly pressed against by the elastic members 53, 53. As a result, only the support shaft 37 is configured to idle when an overload of a predetermined value or more is applied during rotation of the gears 51, 51. Further, the gears 51, 51 are the gear 1
6 and 16 are meshed. This allows the motor 24
The eyes 2, 2 can be opened and closed via the first operating mechanism 3 by controlling the rotation.

Next, the second operating mechanism 5 for operating the tail 4 includes a driving section 55, an operating member 56 that is linked to the driving section 55 and moves in the vertical direction, and a flexible pipe 57 connected to the operating member 56. It is mainly composed of a band-shaped member 58 that is attached to the belt. That is, the drive unit 55 uses a motor 60 as a drive source, and has a gear 63 fixed to a support shaft 62 meshed with a gear 61 fixed to the rotating shaft of the motor 60.
and two drive systems d1 and d2 consisting of a group of gears that are removably engaged with a gear 64 arranged in parallel with the gear 63. The support shaft 62 of the gear 63 and the gear 64 is supported on the upper part of a support plate 65 that is swingably attached to the rotating shaft of the motor 60. As a result, when the motor 60 rotates forward or backward, the support plate 65 swings from side to side about the rotating shaft, and the driving force can be transmitted to either one of the two drive systems d1 and d2.

One drive system d1 has a gear 64 pivotally supported on the support plate 65, meshed with a gear 68 fixed to a removable support shaft 67, and a gear 69 arranged parallel to the gear 68. A gear 71 fixed to a support shaft 70 and a gear 7 fixed to a support shaft 73 that meshes with a gear 72 arranged parallel to the gear 71.
4, and a gear 77 that is loosely inserted into a support shaft 76 that meshes with a gear 75 arranged in parallel with the gear 74. Engagement shafts 78, 78 are provided protruding from opposing outer peripheries of both sides of the gear 77.

The other drive system d2 includes a gear 81 fixed to a support shaft 80 on which the gear 64 can be engaged and detached, and a gear 81.
1, a gear 84 fixed to a support shaft 83 that meshes with a gear 82 arranged in parallel with the gear 84; a gear 87 fixed to a support shaft 86 that meshes with a gear 85 arranged in parallel with the gear 84; 87
It is formed from a gear 90 fixed to a support shaft 89 that meshes with a gear 88 arranged in parallel with the gear 88, and a gear 92 fixed to a support shaft 91. Mounting shafts 93 and 94 are protruded near the outer periphery of the surfaces of the gears 90 and 92, and a connecting rod 95 is suspended between the mounting shafts 93 and 94 in a loose manner. Thereby, by rotating the gear 90, the gear 92 can repeatedly rotate in forward and reverse directions.

The driving section 55 is housed in a casing 97, and as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the operating member 56 is provided at the front end of the casing 97 so as to be movable up and down. The base of the operating member 56 is loosely supported by the support shaft 76 and is connected to the gear 9 of the other drive system d2.
A tooth portion 98 that meshes with 2 is formed. As a result, the operating member 56 is rotated toward the support shaft 76 by the forward and reverse rotation of the gear 92.
The tail 4 can be moved up and down repeatedly using the fulcrum as a fulcrum.

Next, the band member 58 attached to the tip of the operating member 56 via a flexible pipe 57 is made of elastic synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. The tongue pieces 58a, 58a・
... are integrally formed in a protruding manner. And the tongue piece 5
Through holes (not shown) are formed in 8a, 58a, . . . , and string-like members 100, 100 are inserted into the through holes. The tips of the string members 100, 100 arranged on both sides of the band member 58 are fixed to the tip of the band member 58, and the other ends pass through the flexible pipe 57 and connect to the one drive system d1. The two gears 77 are engaged with engagement shafts 78, 78 that protrude from opposing outer peripheries on both sides of the two gears 77. As a result, as the gear 77 rotates, the string members 100 are placed on both sides of the band member 58,
The tail 4 can be moved from side to side by being pulled and pulled back alternately.

In the above, when the tail 4 is moving left and right, the movable contact 46 is short-circuiting the fixed contacts 47, 47, or the movable contact 46 is short-circuiting the fixed contacts 48, 4.
When the tail 4 is moving up and down while the terminals 8 are short-circuited, the movable contact 46 is short-circuiting the fixed contacts 49, 49. In short, the movement of the tail 4 and the movement of the eyes 2, 2 are configured to be linked.

Next, a microcomputer 7 is installed inside the body 6 of the moving toy A, which is formed to imitate a stuffed toy.
are the contact signals of the three switches 102, 103, and 104 provided on the back side of the mounting plate 45, and the movable contact 4.
6 takes as an input signal a contact signal generated when the three sets of fixed contacts 47, 47 and 48, 48 and 49, 49 are short-circuited, and this input signal is input to the microcomputer 7.
It performs calculations and control processing according to a program written in the internal memory (not shown) and outputs a predetermined signal. Then, a motor drive section 1 for supplying power to the motors 24 and 60 using the output signal of the microcomputer 7.
By supplying the motors 05 and 106, the operation of the motors 24 and 60 is controlled. Similarly, by supplying the output signal of the microcomputer 7 to the voice synthesis section 107 for supplying power to the voice generation section 8, the operation of the voice generation section 8 is controlled. In addition, the switches 102 and 10
3 and 104 have corresponding operation rods 110 and 111, respectively.
, 112 are provided, and these protrude upward from the upper and lower portions and one side of the casing 97. The tips of the operating rods 110, 111, and 112 are the head 1 of the moving toy A, which is formed to imitate the stuffed animal.
The switches 102, 103 are placed in the throat 1a and the ear 1b, respectively, and by touching these parts with the hands, the switches 102, 103,
104 can be turned on and off.

Since the moving toy A is constructed as described above, in order to use it, the user touches the ear 1b and turns on the switch (main switch) 103 via the operating rod 111.

In this state, when the head 18 is stroked, the switch 102 is turned on via the operating rod 110. At this time, the microcomputer 7 disposed in the body 6 of the moving toy A generates a predetermined cry "Nyaan, nyaan" from the voice generator 8 at a predetermined volume to the voice synthesizer 107.
While outputting a signal for generating a signal for a predetermined period of time, first the motors 24 and 60 are outputted to the motor drive units 105 and 106.
A signal for normal rotation of the motor 24 at a predetermined speed is output, whereby the rotational force of the motor 24 is transmitted to the first operating mechanism 3 and the first operating mechanism 3 is closed. Further, the rotational force of the motor 60 is transmitted to one drive system d1 of the second operating mechanism 5, and the tail 4 moves left and right. Thereafter, the microcomputer 7 connects three sets of fixed contacts 47, 47, 48, 48, and
9 and 49 are taken in, and when the contact signal from the fixed contacts 49 and 49 is taken in, a signal is sent to the motor drive unit 105 to reverse the motor 24 at a predetermined speed. At the same time as the output, a signal for reversing the motor 60 is also output to the motor drive section 106. At this time, the eyes 2, 2 shift from a closed state to an open state, and the tail 4
moves from left-right motion to up-and-down motion. When the contact signals from the fixed contacts 47, 47 are taken into the microcomputer 7, the output signal of the microcomputer 7 disappears, and therefore the motors 24, 60 stop, thereby causing the eyes 2, 2 becomes fully open and the movement of the tail 4 stops. In addition, the above switch 10
While the head 2 is in the on state (stroking the head 1), the above-mentioned movements are repeated.

Next, when the throat 1a is stroked, the switch 104 is turned on via the operating rod 112. At this time, the microcomputer 7 outputs a signal to the voice synthesis section 107 to cause the voice generation section 8 to generate a predetermined cry "gurorogoro" at a predetermined volume for a predetermined period of time, and
05 and 106, a signal is first outputted to cause the motors 24 and 60 to rotate forward at a predetermined speed, whereby the rotational force of the motor 24 is transmitted to the first operating mechanism 3 and the eye 2
, 2 begins to close. Further, the rotational force of the motor 60 is transmitted to one drive system d1 of the second operating mechanism 4, and the tail 4 moves left and right. Thereafter, when the contact signals from the fixed contacts 49, 49 are taken in, the microcomputer 7 causes the motor drive units 105, 106 to drive the motor 24.
, 60 at a predetermined speed. At this time, the eyes 2, 2 shift from a state of swinging up and down in a half-open position to a closed state, and at the same time, the tail 4 shifts from vertical movement to horizontal movement. Further, when the contact signals from the fixed contacts 47, 47 are taken into the microcomputer 7, the output signal of the microcomputer 7 disappears, thereby causing the eyes 2, 2 to be in a fully closed state, and the tail 4 to be closed. Movement stops. Note that while the switch 104 is in the ON state (the throat 1a is being stroked), the above-described operation is repeated.

In the above, the opening/closing or half-opening movements of the eyes 2, 2, the vertical and horizontal movements of the tail, the accompanying opening/closing/movement speed, the opening/closing time, the generation of a predetermined sound from the sound generating section 8,
Of course, various settings such as volume and generation time can be freely changed by changing the program written in the memory (not shown) in the microcomputer 7.

[0027]

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the moving toy according to the present invention, the first operating mechanism for operating the eyes and the second operating mechanism for operating the tail are controlled by a microcomputer. Therefore, this provides a sense of realism and allows you to enjoy the fun of movement.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a working toy according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the eye and a first operating mechanism.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged explanatory diagram of a main part in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between a first operating mechanism, a movable contact, and a fixed contact.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the operating rod and the switch.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the second operating mechanism.

FIG. 7 is a detailed view showing the strip member in FIG. 6;

8 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the drive section and the operating member in FIG. 6. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram.

[Explanation of symbols]

A. Moving toys 2 eyes 3 First operating mechanism 4 Tail 5 Second operating mechanism 7. Microcomputer

Claims (1)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A moving toy characterized by having the following requirements. (b) A first movement mechanism that moves the eyes and a second movement mechanism that moves the tail are provided at predetermined positions within the toy that forms an animal form. (B) The above two movement mechanisms are provided in the toy. Operation can be controlled in conjunction or independently by receiving electrical signals from a microcomputer installed inside the device.